2 Kings 19:23 Cross References - Rotherham

²³ Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said––With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon,––and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests.

¹⁷ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab–saris and Rab–shakeh, from Lachish unto King Hezekiah, with a heavy force to Jerusalem,––so they came up and drew near to Jerusalem, and took their stand by the upper channel of the pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

²³ Now, therefore, pledge thyself, I pray thee, with my lord, the king of Assyria,––that I supply thee with two thousand horses, if thou, on thy part, be able to set riders upon them.

³³ Have, the gods of the nations, at all delivered, any one of them, his country, out of the hand of the king of Assyria? ³⁴ Where are the gods of Hamath, and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Yea, did they deliver Samaria out of my hand?

¹⁰ And he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells, for, much cattle, had he, both in the lowland, and in the plain,––husbandmen and vinedressers, in the mountains and in the fruitful field, for, a lover of the soil, was he.

¹⁷ Letters, also wrote he, to scoff at Yahweh God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, Like the gods of the nations of the countries, who delivered not their people out of my hand, so, shall the god of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.

⁷ These, by chariots, and, those, by horses, but, we, by the Name of Yahweh our God, will prevail.

⁷ But, as for him, not so, doth he deem, And, in his heart, not so, doth he think,––For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few; ⁸ For he saith:––Are not, my generals, all alike, kings? ⁹ Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols,––whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria, ¹¹ Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so, do to Jerusalem and her images?

¹⁴ And my hand, hath found as a nest, the wealth of the peoples, And, as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken, all the earth, have, I, gathered,––And there was none to flap a wing, or open a mouth, or chirp.

¹⁸ And, the glory of his forest and of his garden land, both soul and body, shall it bring to an end,––And it shall be like the wasting away of a consumptive.

²⁴ Through thy servants, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said,––With my multitude of chariots, have I, ascended, The height of the mountains, The recesses of Lebanon, That I may cut down, Its tallest cedars, Its choicest firs, That I may enter, Its highest summit, Its thick garden forest: ²⁵ I, have digged, and drunk waters,––That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile–streams of Egypt.

³ Lo! Assyria, was a cedar in Lebanon, Beautiful in bough, and, Dense in foliage, and, Lofty in stature,––and, Among the clouds, came to be his top: ⁴ The waters, made him great, the roaring deep, made him high,––with its currents going round about the place where it was planted, Its channels also, it sent forth unto all the trees of the field. ⁵ For this cause, higher, was his stature, than any of the trees of the field,––And multiplied, were his boughs, And lengthened, were his branches, By reason of the mighty waters, when he shot forth shoots. ⁶ Among his branches, all the birds of the heavens, made their nests, And, under his boughs, all the wild beasts of the field, brought forth,––And, in his shade, dwelt all the mighty nations. ⁷ Thus became he beautiful in his greatness, In the length of his waving branches, Because his root had gone, towards mighty waters. ⁸ Cedars, hid him not, in the garden of God, Fir–trees, were not like unto his boughs, Nor, plane–trees, like his branches,––No tree in the garden of God, was like unto him, in his beauty. ⁹ Beautiful, I made him in the abundance of his waving branches,––Therefore was he envied by all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.
¹⁰ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because thou hast become lofty in stature, And he hath stretched his top among the clouds, And his heart is exalted, in his loftiness. ¹¹ Let me then deliver him into the hand of the chief of the nations, He shall, effectually deal, with him! According to his lawlessness, have I driven him out: ¹² Therefore have foreigners, the terrible of the nations, cut him down, And abandoned him,––Upon the mountains, and in all valleys, have fallen his waving branches, And broken, have been his boughs in all the river–beds of the land, And all the peoples of the earth, have come down out of his shade, And abandoned him: ¹³ Upon his trunk, shall settle down all the birds of the heavens,––And, among his boughs, are to be found all the wild beasts of the field:–– ¹⁴ To the end that none of the trees of the waters––May exalt themselves in their stature, Or stretch their top among the clouds, Nor their mighty ones take their stand in their height––any that drink of the waters,––Because, they all, are delivered to death, Unto the earth below, In the midst of the sons of Adam, Amongst them who descend into the pit. ¹⁵ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, In the day when he descended into hades, I caused a mourning, I covered over him the roaring deep, And restrained the currents thereof, And stayed, were the mighty waters,––So caused I gloom over him unto Lebanon, And, all the trees of the field, for him, were covered with a shroud. ¹⁶ At the sound of his fall, I made nations tremble, When I caused him to descend into hades, with them who descend into the pit,––Then were grieved, in the earth below––All the trees of Eden, The choicest and best of Lebanon, All who had drunk the waters. ¹⁷ Even they, with him, descended into hades, Among them who were thrust through with the sword,––Even his seed who dwelt in his shade, in the midst of the nations. ¹⁸ Unto whom, couldst thou be likened, thus, in glory and in greatness, among the trees of Eden? Yet shalt thou be caused to descend, with the trees of Eden, into the earth below, In the midst of the uncircumcised, shalt thou lie down, With them who were thrust through by the sword. The same, is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.